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TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.
  • By DNA analysis that was completely on the table till they went extinct.

  • Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats
  • The real travesty was CNN here. There was no fact checking or the slightest attempt to keep them on topic.

    I'd vote for a wet park bench over Trump. Biden was and still is the "Not Trump" candidate.

  • US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
  • This is reddit level cringe lol. You didn't have to reply to say nothing.

  • US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
  • Realistically the heat added via electricity is likely going to be added to the compressor itself not the radiator so ofcourse the radiator will be cooler. Also, a laptop charger has to convert from AC to DC so they will always consume more than the listed power output.

    If we want to really dive into the depth of the subject though, more thermal energy is created, stored, and radiated in heat islands from cars than air conditioning. You'd be hard-pressed to heat the planet via electricity when the sun is really the thing doing all the work here. If the AC is powered via solar it's a big nothing burger really, especially if the solar panels are in the same geographical area as there would be no exporting energy to different locations.

    Now, let's consider all the cars, planes, and asphalt that will be used for the olympics. Seems to me the best way to reduce the effects of climate change in this scenario is to not have the olympics unless it is walked to.

  • Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale
  • While I agree that not chasing further hardware demands is refreshing, it's also really frustrating to buy a nearly decade old tablet to play games. Many smart phones could run switch games at this point and seeing PCs emulate the switch better than the switch can run natively is exceptionally frustrating.

  • Steam Deck Now Cheaper Than A Switch During Valve's Big Summer Sale
  • You can still stream many games that might be more intensive to the Deck from that massive desktop.

  • Chinese Carmakers Call for 25% Tax on Large European Cars
  • IMO the tax on a car should scale exponentially with the weight of the vehicle because the damage they cause to roads and in collisions.

  • Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog
  • They'll just come up with some china exclusive work around law that's 700 pages and bundled with a bunch of draconian bullshit laws.

  • EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales data
  • It's so hard to buy anything now-a-days without being tied to some kind of labor violation.

  • Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
  • Pretty sure most windows users hate their OS right back.

  • 3.4W when idle with Ryzen 7 8845HS laptop
  • Getting so low the old power bricks laptops often use will make a bigger impact in power use.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • That's not even what I said. Why talk to people if you have no intent of actually listening? Talk about an unpleasant person to talk to.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • Ideally busses shouldn't even be used in situations like that as rail is significantly more efficient but a train wouldn't want to slow for one passenger either.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • And there are fewer cars per km in rural areas. Do you think the dirt owns cars?

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • 18 lane monstrosities are connections between the dense cities/burbs. We're talking two lane highways here, nobody builds an 18 lane freeway to a town with 50 people in the middle of nowhere. At best they will build a freeway THROUGH the middle of nowhere but the nowhere wasn't the purpose of the freeway, the connection to another major city was.

  • The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st century
  • There are select instances where they are a greener option than transit. If you live in rural areas with really low density it is often cheaper and greener to not build mass transit systems there. But I'm really just splitting hairs here.

  • Mullvad will no longer be able to accept DKK from its customers
  • That doesn't make any sense. Currency outside a nation isn't laundering, USD is used as a trade medium around the world even when not trading with US banks or entities. Idk why you're saying that "billions a day" is taxpayer money or something and it wouldn't fix around the country, it'd go into the military like usual.

  • Mullvad will no longer be able to accept DKK from its customers
  • It's also just the scale of Denmark. The US has billions pulled from the US every day and it's not a problem but the US isn't a small country of 6 million people.

  • Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering
  • I get where you're going but on the other side of your fear of the state you are denied release from what could be immense suffering because the state deems it.

    Body autonomy is in my opinion a very crucial part of human rights even if the decisions is ultimately a mistake. You can't really stop people from committing suicide, all you can do is make it less humane.

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